9 p.m., The Windup Space, 12 W. North Ave., (410) 244-8855, thewindupspace.com, $7. This week is about to get super saturated with mushy Valentine's Day paraphernalia and a high volume of cringe-worthy love songs, so why not start things off on a less mawkish note with booming, unapologetic songs such as 'Meat Stairs' and 'Brain Burger' from the shredding Wisconsin garage band Fire Retarded, joined by Washington, D.C. punks Loud Boyz and local rockers Moist and Alone Time.

5-9 p.m., The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., (410) 547-9000, thewalters.org, free. We know that it's easy to fall in love with art, and sometimes we can get too into it (see our "Sexy Art Farts" ). But if we ever needed an excuse to fawn over Greek sculpture or Ingres, we'll have it at the love-themed Walters party, where, with the aid of music and cocktails, we fully intend to indulge ourselves to every museum-appropriate extent.